Future Middle Participle

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Introduction

To form the future middle participle, we take the future stem and add the thematic middle participle marker /όμενο/ for the masculine and neuter and /όμενα/ for the feminine:

          ἐσ/σ/όμενο/ς > ἐσσόμενος or ἐσόμενος*
          ἐσ/σ/όμενα/L > ἐσσομένη or ἐσομένη
          ἐσ/σ/όμενο/ν > ἐσσόμενον or ἐσόμενον

* We find ἐσσόμενος in Homer. By the Classical Period, σσ had reduced to σ by geminate reduction.

BASE

/σ/ or /ε/

/όμενο/ /όμενα/

case markers

Many verbs that are standardly active in the progressive and aorist are deponent in the future. This possibly reflects a desiderative use of the middle.